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Pitcher or chamber pot. Earthenware, lead-glazed inside.
Pitcher or chamber pot. Dark greyish-buff earthenware, covered on the inside only with a yellowish glaze. The vessels has abulbous body with a short, wide, flaring neck, a small spreading base, and loop handle with tjhree thumb impressions at the lower end. There are three incised horizontal bands round the shoulder, and the exterior of the neck is reeded below the rim.
History note: S.S. Pearce Collection; sold, Sotheby's, 3 March, 1898, Pearce Collection sale; purchased by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
-
1700
Found in Poole Harbour
Inside
composed of
lead-glaze
Decoration
Accession number: GL.C.1-1928
Primary reference Number: 77022
Old object number: 795
Duplicate: GI.C.1-1928
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pitcher" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/77022 Accessed: 2024-11-23 12:46:01
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